Nf7 sound probs

[Austin]

At least you know why the Soundstorm part of the driver doesn't take though. It is easy to get caught out in these days of heavy marketing, most of the time it's what's not said or the particular way in which things are phrased. Always check with as many people as possible first and ideally check a review, always rem though they often only deal with the 'Deluxe' type stuff. Perf and sound aren't actually at all bad without MCP-T/Soundstorm, you're just no better than any other modern onboard sound solution ... at least you have a top notch mobo in all other respects ...

[BUFF]

Originally posted by Austin

nForce2 using the MCP-T/Soundstorm are Asus A7N8X Deluxe, Abit NF7-S and MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR (std Delta-L lacks MCP-T). When buying you need to ensure it has either MCP-T or Soundstorm otherwise you don't get nVidia's audio but basic onboard like any SiS or VIA based board.

Not all boards with MCP-T are certified by nVidia as SoundStorm.
They've just certified some more boards so the list now is:
Abit NF7-S
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
DFI NFII Ultra-AL
Gigabyte GA-7NNXPV
MSI K7N2G-ILSR
Shuttle SN41G2 v2
Shuttle SN45G

[Austin]

I'm pretty sure it's possible to get the MCP-T but still lack the Soundstorm tag. IIRC for the Soundstorm tag you need more than just the lovelly nVidia audio because you need SPDIF etc ... some users don't need or want the full works but it was a repsonse to so many people finding their nForce1 lacked any nVidia audio as implimentation was often hit and miss and very unclear.

[liquid-fix]

Originally posted by Austin
At least you know why the Soundstorm part of the driver doesn't take though. It is easy to get caught out in these days of heavy marketing, most of the time it's what's not said or the particular way in which things are phrased. Always check with as many people as possible first and ideally check a review, always rem though they often only deal with the 'Deluxe' type stuff. Perf and sound aren't actually at all bad without MCP-T/Soundstorm, you're just no better than any other modern onboard sound solution ... at least you have a top notch mobo in all other respects ...

Yeah aint the end of the world, i had inquired quite extensively about the board and it got great reviews in all areas, i didnt even know that sound storm existed untill it arrived, so i got what i payed for and i have absolutely no grounds to complain, its an awesome boards.
Thanks again forum users, as usual you have provided a help full service.
/me goes back to his soundblaster live!.